Text by by trichordist
While artists bitch about low payments from Spotify royalties, YouTube, Grooveshark and The Pirate Bay pay artists less or even nothing. The reason Spotify pays so little is because it’s forced to compete with illegally operating, unlicensed sites who pay nothing at all. Artists need to focus on the big picture. Spotify has become the […]
Text by Adam Witkowski
(Adam Witkowski is Local 802’s director of organizing. Sign up for the latest news about copyright issues at www.copyright.gov/newsnet.)
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Now in its 12th year, the Future of Music Coalition recently convened its annual summit on the scenic Georgetown University campus in Washington, D.C. The two-day conference brought together people from all walks of the music industry for interviews, workshops and panel discussions focusing on a broad range of issues affecting musicians and the music industry as a whole.
Pandora has spent more than a year in legal battles with music publishers over exactly what songs the online radio service has access to. A federal judge in New York has ruled that Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), a performance rights organization, may allow its members to prevent their music from being licensed to Pandora. The Dec. […]
Text by by Trichordist Editor
In music specifically, 2013 has been a year unlike any other in recent memory. It’s been a year that has seen musicians stand up and speak out on behalf of their profession like never before. And the results have been historic. Internet radio giant Pandora has announced it’s abandoning its pursuit of legislation that would […]
